BBjFormFittedField::setFont

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method sets the default font of text for the field.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setFont(BBjFont font)

Parameters

Variable

Description

font

Specifies the default font of text for the field.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

The font set becomes the font of text for any subsequent calls to the setText taking a String. In addition, it sets the font attribute of the current AttributedString.

Example

rem 'Set paragraph font

rem 'Obtain the instance to the BBjAPI object
myAPI! = BBjAPI()

rem 'Obtain an instance of a default BBjPrinter object
let myBBjPrinter! = myAPI!.getBBjPrinter(0)

rem 'Get BBjForm for the selected printer
let myBBjForm! = myBBjPrinter!.getForm(1)

rem 'Get a new page
let myBBjFormPage! = myBBjForm!.createPage()

rem 'Get a new paragraph
let para! = myBBjFormPage!.newFittedField()

rem 'Set paragraph font
para!.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Courier",java.awt.Font.PLAIN,10))
release

See Also

BBjAPI

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.